The Camino del Norte in December: warnings stage by stage

Camino del Norte in December, 36 stages. December warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in December, expect around 5.1 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

5.1

warning days

in 36 stages, on average

14%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 10%

0.9

orange or red days

in 36 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Irún – San Sebastián12%

2. San Sebastián – Zarautz12%

3. Zarautz – Deba12%

4. Deba – Markina-Xemein15%

5. Markina-Xemein – Gernika13%

6. Gernika – Bilbao16%

7. Bilbao – Portugalete16%

8. Portugalete – Castro Urdiales16%

9. Castro Urdiales – Laredo15%

10. Laredo – Güemes15%

11. Güemes – Santander15%

12. Santander – Santillana del Mar15%

13. Santillana del Mar – Comillas15%

14. Comillas – Colombres17%

15. Colombres – Llanes9%

16. Llanes – Ribadesella9%

17. Ribadesella – Colunga9%

18. Colunga – Villaviciosa9%

19. Villaviciosa – Gijón9%

20. Gijón – Avilés10%

21. Avilés – Muros de Nalón9%

22. Muros de Nalón – Soto de Luiña9%

23. Soto de Luiña – Cadavedo9%

24. Cadavedo – Luarca9%

25. Luarca – La Caridad9%

26. La Caridad – Ribadeo23%

27. Ribadeo – Lourenzá20%

28. Lourenzá – Mondoñedo20%

29. Mondoñedo – Gontán27%

30. Gontán – Vilalba15%

31. Vilalba – Baamonde15%

32. Baamonde – Miraz15%

33. Miraz – Sobrado dos Monxes21%

34. Sobrado dos Monxes – Arzúa16%

35. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo16%

36. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela16%

Share of December days with some warning in each stage's zones, 2019–2025; the colour is each day's highest level.

Which warnings come in December

Wind3.4

Rain2.0

Fog0.3

Snow0.1

Stage-days with a warning of each kind in December, on average; a day can have several.

Section by section in December

Section	Warning days	Most common
Basque Country	1.0 over 7 stages	wind and rain
Cantabria	0.9 over 6 stages	wind and rain
Asturias	1.2 over 12 stages	wind and rain
Galicia	2.0 over 11 stages	wind and rain

The worst December days on the Camino del Norte

red21 December 2019: red warning on 31 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
red22 December 2019: red warning on 28 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange27 December 2020: orange warning on 26 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange28 December 2020: orange warning on 23 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange13 December 2019: orange warning on 14 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 12 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange7 December 2020: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange8 December 2020: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to walk the Camino del Norte?

By warnings, December is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 5.1 warning days walking the 36 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is Galicia; the fewest, Asturias.

Which warnings are there on the Camino del Norte in December?

Mostly for wind and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.9 stage-days in December, on average.

This is not a forecast: it counts the warnings AEMET issued on those dates in past years. A warning is a forecast that a threshold will be crossed in the zone, not damage.